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Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

Any reservations I may have expressed earlier in this thread were not needed. This might be the best superhero movie yet. I don't know how they managed to weave all these characters together so well but they did. I don't think they really could have done a better job.

I am normally super-critical and hard to please when it comes to rehashing my favorite things from my childhood.

Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

Obviously I was pre disposed to liking this film, but in all honesty I was concerned because I thought they were going to make the idiotic mistake of using a bunch of CGI unknown aliens as the main focus of the villains of the movie.

Well, they didn't. They made Loki, just like they did in the Thor film, kick @ss.

I could go on for days about how well they did making these characters have some form of depth and believe me when you have that many actors with this many characters it is almost impossible to do but they did it.

I'm not going to lie, when I saw the first scene during the credits showing who the aliens worked for I squeeled like a little girl embarrassing my wife in the process. But to know that they are going to go there just makes me regret that we won't be able to see the sequel next month.

As a life long Avengers fan I can honestly say they have captured the spirit of the book and very much captured the characters and their interaction with each other. By the end Cap was even the field leader.

Spoiler:

When I saw Thanos turn and smile I may have been the happiest person on the planet, I had no idea.

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Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

Obviously I was pre disposed to liking this film, but in all honesty I was concerned because I thought they were going to make the idiotic mistake of using a bunch of CGI unknown aliens as the main focus of the villains of the movie.

Well, they didn't. They made Loki, just like they did in the Thor film, kick @ss.

I could go on for days about how well they did making these characters have some form of depth and believe me when you have that many actors with this many characters it is almost impossible to do but they did it.

I'm not going to lie, when I saw the first scene during the credits showing who the aliens worked for I squeeled like a little girl embarrassing my wife in the process. But to know that they are going to go there just makes me regret that we won't be able to see the sequel next month.

As a life long Avengers fan I can honestly say they have captured the spirit of the book and very much captured the characters and their interaction with each other. By the end Cap was even the field leader.

Spoiler:

When I saw Thanos turn and smile I may have been the happiest person on the planet, I had no idea.

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that Joss was the one who directed this movie.

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He alone knows the best way to get every character his due time, how to make them relate to the audience with "human" emotions, and then get them together and work together in the end. And I don't know about you, but I thought Mark Ruffalo was easily the best Hulk compared the two before him. And I really like Ed Norton, but Mark's Bruce was very funny and seemed to get the scientist part of him much better. Hulk's scenes stole the show. Loved Hulk vs Loki (as did the entire audience).

Knowing Joss, I was wondering who was going to die going into the movie. I was very sad to see Phil Coulson (I thought Agent was his first name) get the spear to the back. But you know that's going to happen.

Btw, my favorite ending was the last one, that they filmed last month. That. was. HILARIOUS. You could tell Mark was trying his best not to laugh during the whole time...

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Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

Knowing Joss, I was wondering who was going to die going into the movie. I was very sad to see Phil Coulson (I thought Agent was his first name) get the spear to the back. But you know that's going to happen.

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I agree that the agent should have been kept around for future movies. The most obvious thing to me, and i know this is wrong since feminism, but they really should have killed off ScarJo. She is simply the worst character in the movie universe and completely takes you out of the battle scenes. I can’t take anything seriously if a 110-pound woman can single-handedly take out dozens of aliens and their space Segways.

I mean, at least they made Hawkeye’s arrows super exploding missile things; it makes no sense, but at least they acknowledged how stupid that character was as an Avenger. Nothing for Black Widow. Sean Connery is a more convincing Russian than ScarJo.

It seems like the movie got all of the medium things right, but just said “**** it.” when it came to the big and small things.

For example, all of the individual stuff with Loki is great. Hiddleston can really chew scenery, embarrassing ScarJo and holding his own with RDJ. However, his plan is incredibly stupid. The Phantom Menace-esque evil allies, the idea that unleashing the Hulk would disrupt the harmony of the group (Where does this even…what?), and just leaving his magic scepter and super energy box unguarded.

If the joke was that he was just being a queen, Sam Jackson sure made a lot of serious faces about it. Tough to buy unless the scene in Germany is a double-meta Nazi goof.

Other important questions:

Could the unidentified old white people ordering around a one-eyed black guy look any more like unidentified old white people ordering around a one-eyed black guy?
Did Sam Jackson wipe the Captain America Pokemon cards with the agent's blood or his own, and which is weirder?
Why were any of the Avengers afraid that M. Ruff changing into the Hulk would be a bad thing since, after he woke up naked and hungover like Frank the Tank, he could completely control his powers and become King Kong with hops?
When is my iPhone contract with AT&T finally up so I can switch to Verizon and get service in private jet aircraft?
Is Captain America still a 100-year-old virgin? (If so, Apatow has an idea for an executive producer credit.)
Will the fact that Loki was presumably the villain keep people from making and wearing that golden antler helmet for Halloween?
Will Captain America receive a new pair of pajamas for the next movie or will he keep this one?
Once Stan Lee finally dies, will filmmakers still be forced to put him in these movies with hologram cameos a la 2Pac?
Will Whedon make the sequel a musical with NPH as the villain?

Despite all these concerns (Actually, this was pretty fun.), a very good time at the movies.

Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

The superhero smorgasbord featuring Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk brought in $200.3 million its opening weekend in 4,300 U.S. theaters, smashing the previous domestic record for any movie's first three days, Walt Disney Studios said Sunday in a news release...Its ultimate domestic haul is well ahead of the $168 million "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" conjured up in its opening weekend domestically in July...Add international ticket sales since opening April 25 -- including openings in Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Philippines -- and " The Avengers" has already amassed $641.8 million in its first 12 days.

Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

Me too.

This is one of those very rare films where I walked out after the second time ready to walk right back in and watch it a third time.

Also I know that I am really really going to show my nerdiness here but the Avengers Animated Series is every bit as good and today's episode they dealt with Korvac. Between the upcoming villain in the next Avengers movie and the Animated series doing Korvac I am literally in Heaven here. Hell throw in a Pacers playoff run and right now there are a lot of great things happening out there.

BTW, just because I am an Avengers fan don't think I was going to automatically like the film. In all honesty I think that makes me a tougher critic because IMO they had a lot to live up to , but they have far exceeded my expectations with this film. The only character I wasn't thrilled with was Hawkeye but I can live with the flaws that they had in him.

Second viewing also made me appreciate Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner even more, to me he is by far the best Banner that they have had.

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Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

Loved, loved, loved it. Wish DC would pull their heads out of their butts and create some good standalones (other than the Dark Knight trilogy and what could be a very good upcoming Man of Steel) and then follow with a good and respectable Justice League, but I doubt it...

Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

The battle scenes arefantastic. Kudos to Whedon. Very well filmed. Loved the battle scenes.

Hawkeye was terrible. I really don't like Jeremy Renner and I thought he was bland here. I loved Scarlett but she's not an Avenger. That was kind of weak.

I can overlook both of those since all the other actors were so outstanding. What I can't overlook, however, is that for the life of me, I can't figure out how powerful Loki is. In the beginning bullets are bouncing off of him and so he seemed relatively invincible. But by the end, he seemed incredibly weak and like a powerless foe. I was very confused and not really threatened by him. Also, his planned seemed relatively terrible. How was he gaining control of all those forces? How was he planning on executing the world leader part of it all? Very confusing. For a relatively bright guy, he had a terrible plan.

Also, I saw it in IMAX and still don't get the big deal. I thought the Prometheus trailer was the only thing that stuck out visually for me. Maybe it's because I wear glasses but I just don't think IMAX/3D is worth it.

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Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

I'm trying to figure out when I can see it again. Once it got going, I was freaking the F out. Cap taking charge in the field was absolutely perfect. Hawkeye acting as tactician, second in command during the battle was excellent. The Widow? She had the biggest heart in the whole film, far as I'm concerned. She's going to spend the rest of her life doing penance for how she used to be. I even loved the end, where they were leaving in their cars, etc. Did you notice you was pared with whom? Makes total sense Stark and Banner would be together. I actually haven't posted anything cause I feel like I could go on and on. My wife couldn't understand why Widow and Hawk were Avengers. I told her it's because they're like Batman, the best at what they do, to the point of being superhuman. Like Peck, I wish they could have brought that out more with Hawk. It would have been nice to bring his rogue, smart *** attitude from the comics, but I guess that would steal Stark's thunder.
I like Ruffalo, but was a little worried how he'd come across. Man, he was perfect. I think I heard he signed a six picture deal to play the Hulk.I will say I found the begginging a little slow, but the second half more than made up for it. This movie made me a very, very, happy geek. I gotta go. I'm getting all worked up again.

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Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

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The Stark/Banner scenes were easily the best in the movie. However, a lot of that has to do with the excellent RDJ-Ruffalo chemistry. Just fantastic casting.

Hawkeye was a waste. I didn't see him act like a tactician in the field at all. I totally missed that. Also, I didn't buy how he snapped out of it the mind control. A bump on the head? Really? Come on. And Jeremy Renner was just miscast. He needs more to work with than he was given here to be effective. He's wasted in a small action role. Very dissatisfied with Hawkeye. Although part of that may just be my own love for the comic book character.

Re: Geekboy inme hyperventilating..Avengers trailer!!

The Stark/Banner scenes were easily the best in the movie. However, a lot of that has to do with the excellent RDJ-Ruffalo chemistry. Just fantastic casting.

Hawkeye was a waste. I didn't see him act like a tactician in the field at all. I totally missed that. Also, I didn't buy how he snapped out of it the mind control. A bump on the head? Really? Come on. And Jeremy Renner was just miscast. He needs more to work with than he was given here to be effective. He's wasted in a small action role. Very dissatisfied with Hawkeye. Although part of that may just be my own love for the comic book character.

We are in complete agreement there, easly the least satisfying part of the move. But not enough for me not to want to go see it a 3rd and 4th time.

Basketball isn't played with computers, spreadsheets, and simulations. ChicagoJ 4/21/13